Reverse convertible
Playing the yield: rates rev up structured products
Higher government bond yields and steeper forward curves fuel demand for new range of fixed income structures
Interest rates house of the year: Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
Multi-asset capabilities and risk recycling allow the bank to bring hit solutions to the market
Narrow range of index products stifles investor choice
Lack of liquid options on European mid-cap benchmarks leaves investors stuck with the blue chips
FVC review: Barclays issues reverse convertible on GoPro
Six-month product on volatile stock comes with an American-style barrier
FVC retrospective: UniCredit’s reverse convertible on Deutsche Bank stock matures
Product offered a fixed coupon of 4.75% and sizeable downside protection
Bank technology provider of the year: Societe Generale
Alpha SP platform has revolutionised product pricing, say distributors
FVC review: UBS offers short-dated reverse convertible on US stocks
Investors’ capital at risk if underlying is below barrier level at maturity
China rate cut boosts offshore structured product market
High-net-worth investors pile into dollar and commodity structures as PBoC loosens
How autocallable structured products came to dominate the retail market
Products still seen as easier sell than issuer-callables
Oil-linked structured products: investors take the plunge
Price drop and volatility spike drives interest in oil-linked structures
RCB reverse convertible offers safety at a cost
German investors get security with capped returns on Euro Stoxx 50
Single stocks versus indexes as an underlying asset
Allocation and better terms drive investors to single-stock underlyings
RBC reverse convertible taps 3D printing revolution
The next dimension
‘Complex’ definition eludes European regulators
Determining whether a structured product is "complex” – and therefore unsuitable for retail investors – continues to divide regulators in Europe
Barclays capital-at-risk pharma note pays 9.75% in the US
Coupons and capital risk
UBS reverse convertible breaches barrier as Research In Motion shares plummet
Disappointing harvest
Unicredit offers a low barrier and a 4.75% coupon on Deutsche Bank stock
Fixed coupon for the cautious
UBS reverse convertible short on tenor but high on volatility
Short and very sweet
Market snapshot: making the most of volatility
Market snapshot
Catley Lakeman – ‘keeping the banks honest’
Catley Lakeman acts as a go-between for banks and asset management companies looking to buy their structured products. Vita Millers talks to founding partner Russell Catley
